Harness-saddle



(No Model.)

W. H. WHEELER.

HARNESS SADDLE.

Patented Jan. 6, 1885.

WIT ESSES WL f UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

WILLIAM HENRY WHEELER, OF MOHAWK VILLAGE, OHIO.

HARNESS-SADDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 310,238, dated January 6, 1885.

Application filed October 29, 1884.

T0 @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. WHEELER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mohawk Village, in the county of Coshocton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Harness-Saddles, of which the following is a specification, reference be ing had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to harness-saddles; and it has for its object to improve the details of construction of the saine.

lVith these ends in view the invention consists in the improved construction of harnesssaddles, hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a harness-saddle construct-ed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same, and Fig. 3 is a transverse section.

In the accompanying drawings,'in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures, A represents a harnesssaddle constructed in accordance with my invention, the same having` the usual curve to fit the back of a horse. The saddle A consists of the face-strip B, the sides of which are turned inwardly, as shown at a. Upon the upper side of the face-strip, and inclosed by the inturned ends of the same, is a strip ofleather, O, having secured to its under side a strip, D. The sides of the strip D are cut or bcvcledoff to form thin edges, as shown at c. By this arrangement it will be seen that the face-strip B is made to protrude at its center, while the edges of the same, being thinner than the said central portion, incline upwardly, from which it will be seen that when the saddle is adj usted upon the back of the horse the edges of the face-strip of the said saddle will not bear or rub against the same. The strips O and D are secured to the face-strip, preferably by sewing, and said strip C is provided with slots (Z, for the recep- 5 tion of nuts e.

As before mentioned, the sides of the face- (No model.)

strip are turned upwardly and inwardly, and said inturned ends are provided with slots f, which register with the nuts e.

E represents a fiat steel spring, which rests upon the upper side of the face-strip, said spring having slots g, as shown.

F represents a re-enforcing strip,which covers the iiat spring E, and is secured to thein turned sides of the facestrip by sewing. rlhis re-enforcing strip is provided with holes or openings h., which are adapted to receive padscrews G, which pass through the slots in the steel spring and in the inturned sides of the face-stri p and engage the screw-threaded openings in the nuts c. The middle padscrew,z',of the series may be employed to hold a check-rein hook in place by passing through an opening in the same, the shank of said hook being located beneath the re-enforcing strip F.

A harncsssaddle constructed as above described prevents any possibility of a horses back becoming sore by the edges of the saddle rubbing the same.

By the employment of a dat spring the saddle is made to retain its shape and adjust itself to the back of the horse.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The herein-described harness-saddle consisting of the face-stri p having inturned sides, a strip, O, having a strip, D, secured thereto, said strip D having its sides thinner than its central portion, a fiat spring for holding said facestrip in shape, a re-eni'orcing strip, nuts c, and eyebolts to engage the same, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my ownI have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM HENRY WHEELER.

Witnesses:

E. J. GRAHAM, GRANT WHEELER. 

